13 Great American Graveyards, From Arlington to Hollywood (Photos)

So you think graveyards aren’t good places to visit? You’ll be there soon enough, you say. Here are 13 great reasons to change your mind. Final resting places come in all shapes and sizes. Some are small and intimate, others go on for hundreds of acres. Military cemeteries teach us that sacrifice outranks everything else. Colonial-era graveyards, with their tombstones angled like old teeth, convey a sense of history, and celebrity-packed graveyards suggest that maybe fame does outlast death. From Sleepy Hollow in upstate New York to Marilyn Monroe’s tomb in Los Angeles, here are cemeteries fit for strolling, education, reflection, and maybe even some black-humored fun.